Marvel Comics single-issue solicitations for December 2018

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Every month, SYFY WIRE brings you the solicitations for all the upcoming comic books you need to know about. Today we have Marvel Comics listings for December 2018 single-issue comics.

This month, Marvel is closing out 2018 in style with big beginnings, big endings, and some can't-miss events, including the much-anticipated marriage of Ben Grimm and Alicia Masters in the pages of Fantastic Four #5 and a forthcoming wedding special issue for double the FF fun in December.

If you're looking for the start of something big and new, Marvel's definitely got that thanks to the launches of Killmonger, a new X-Force series, a new Spider-Man series starring Miles Morales, and the return of Superior Spider-Man. Plus, new crossovers begin with the Defenders reunion event The Best Defense and two new stories in the Star Wars: Age of Republic initiative that kicks off a new era of Star Wars comics publishing.

On the ending side of things, we'll get the final issue of Infinity Wars in December, as well as the finale of Spider-Geddon. Oh, and if that's still not enough fun event publishing for you, we also have the Merry X-Men Holiday Special and the launch of the Avengers 4 prelude miniseries to look forward to.

In the aftermath of Extermination, the X-Men mourn for their fallen brother, Cable. But no one is taking it harder than his adopted daughter, Hope Summers. Will Hope be able to cope with the loss, or will she be led down a dark path that she won’t be able to return from? Only Jean Grey can save Hope from herself! Plus, celebrate the life of Nathan Summers with a story from his past by Chris Claremont!

40 PGS./one-shot /Rated T+ …$4.99

FANTASTIC FOUR #5

DAN SLOTT (W) • AARON KUDER, ADAM HUGHES & MICHAEL ALLRED (A)

Cover by ESAD RIBIC

Variant Cover by ALEX ROSS

Susan Storm Variant Cover by SIMONE BIANCHI

Variant Cover By Mark Brooks

Alicia Remastered Variant Cover By Jack Kirby

Thing Remastered Variant Cover by Jack Kirby

Variant Cover By Elizabeth Torque

Variant Cover By Ashley Witter

CONAN VS MARVEL HEROES VARIANT BY TBA

PARTY VARIANT COVER BY TBA

PREMIERE VARIANT COVER BY ESAD RIBIC

SPECIAL 650th ISSUE SPECTACULAR!

The wedding that’s been years in the making…Ben and Alicia say “I do!”

No bait. No switch. Not a dream. Not a hoax. And we swear, not a single Skrull around. This is really happening! From the book that brought you the first, best and longest running super hero marriage in comics, we give you…the wedding of Ben Grimm and Alicia Masters! Featuring an untold tale of the courtship of Ben and Alicia. A bachelor party that only Johnny Storm could throw. And a very special ceremony brought to you in the Mighty Marvel Manner.

64 PGS./Rated T …$5.99

FANTASTIC FOUR: WEDDING SPECIAL #1

GAIL SIMONE & DAN SLOTT (W) • LAURA BRAGA (A)

Cover by CARLOS PACHECO

VARIANT COVER BY ARTGERM

VARIANT COVER BY MARCOS MARTIN

VARIANT COVER BY MIKE MCKONE

VARIANT COVER BY PASQUAL FERRY

FANTASTIC FOUR VILLAINS VARIANT COVER BY MARCOS MARTIN

Come and celebrate the impending nuptials of the Thing and Alicia Masters with a Ladies Night Out as only the First Family of Comics can do it! Guest-starring She-Hulk, Medusa, Crystal and more, it’s the bachelorette party Alicia never expected—and one whose ribaldry will be interrupted by the arrival of a Surprise Super Villain! (And no, we don’t mean Johnny Storm!) Meanwhile, the Thing has an unexpected meeting with his future father-in-law, the Puppet Master! Plus, Hembeck! The Fantastic Four family tree! And more! R.S.V.P. at your local comics retailer this December, and don’t forget to kiss the bride!

40 PGS./Rated T …$4.99

True Believers: Fantastic Four Villains

TRUE BELIEVERS: FANTASTIC FOUR – SKRULLS #1

Reprinting: Fantastic Four (1961) #2

32 PGS./ALL AGES …$1.00

TRUE BELIEVERS: FANTASTIC FOUR – PUPPET MASTER #1

Reprinting: Fantastic Four (1961) #8

32 PGS./ALL AGES …$1.00

TRUE BELIEVERS: FANTASTIC FOUR – MAD THINKER & AWESOME ANDROID #1

Reprinting: Fantastic Four (1961) #15

32 PGS./ALL AGES …$1.00

TRUE BELIEVERS: FANTASTIC FOUR – SUPER-SKRULL #1

Reprinting: Fantastic Four (1961) #18

32 PGS./ALL AGES …$1.00

TRUE BELIEVERS: FANTASTIC FOUR – MOLECULE MAN #1

Reprinting: Fantastic Four (1961) #20

32 PGS./ALL AGES …$1.00

TRUE BELIEVERS: FANTASTIC FOUR – DRAGON MAN #1

Reprinting: Fantastic Four (1961) #35

32 PGS./ALL AGES …$1.00

TRUE BELIEVERS: FANTASTIC FOUR – FRIGHTFUL FOUR #1

Reprinting: Fantastic Four (1961) #36

32 PGS./ALL AGES …$1.00

TRUE BELIEVERS: FANTASTIC FOUR – KLAW #1

Reprinting: Fantastic Four (1961) #53

32 PGS./ALL AGES …$1.00

TRUE BELIEVERS: FANTASTIC FOUR – BLASTAAR #1

Reprinting: Fantastic Four (1961) #62

32 PGS./ALL AGES …$1.00

TRUE BELIEVERS: FANTASTIC FOUR – RONAN & THE KREE 1

Reprinting: Fantastic Four (1961) #65

32 PGS./ALL AGES …$1.00

X-FORCE #1

ED BRISSON (W) • DYLAN BURNETT (A)

Cover by PEPE LARRAZ

VARIANT COVER BY Rob Liefeld

VARIANT COVER BY Gerardo Zaffino

FANTASTIC FOUR VILLAINS VARIANT COVER BY MARKO DJURDJEVIC

VARIANT COVER BY LEINIL YU

REMASTERED VARIANT COVER BY MIKE MIGNOLA

VARIANT COVER BY SKOTTIE YOUNG

BLANK VARIANT COVER ALSO AVAILABLE

FROM THE ASHES OF EXTERMINATION!

Cable is dead…and now, the original X-Force team of Domino, Cannonball, Shatterstar, Boom Boom and Warpath. must hunt down the murderer of their former leader! The mutant militia are hot for blood…but when their target is the time-traveling younger version of their fallen mentor, is there a line they absolutely cannot cross? And what does Deathlok have to do with all of it? From Ed Brisson (EXTERMINATION, OLD MAN LOGAN) and Dylan Burnett (COSMIC GHOST RIDER), comes an all-new, high-octane mutant adventure! A reckoning will come!

40 PGS./Parental Advisory …$4.99

KILLMONGER #1 (of 5)

BRYAN HILL (W) • JUAN FERREYRA (A/C)

Variant Cover by JASON PEARSON

VARIANT COVER BY LARRY STROMAN

MOVIE VARIANT ALSO AVAILABLE

THE BRUTAL TALE OF A MAN WHO WILL STOP AT NOTHING FOR FREEDOM…

One day, Erik Killmonger will rise up and attempt to steal the throne of Wakanda. The throne he believes he is owed. But long before he became “Killmonger,” there was a boy known as N’Jadaka. A boy who was stolen from his home and taught only the world’s cruelties. A boy who knew the Black Panther only as a fairy tale, a whisper from strangers. This is the story of a man who driven by revenge. This is the legend of Killmonger.

40 PGS./Rated PARENTAL ADVISORY …$4.99

KILLMONGER #2

BRYAN EDWARD HILL (W) • JUAN FERREYRA (A/C)

Variant Cover by Jeff Dekal

CAN’T KILL THE KING!

All he wants is Ulysses Klaw. But to get his revenge, Erik Killmonger will have to take a job from the deadliest man in New York City: Wilson Fisk, the Kingpin of crime. Four targets – four assassins. Assuming, that is, that Erik can trust his newfound teammates…

32 PGS./Rated PARENTAL ADVISORY …$3.99

WINTER SOLDIER #1 (OF 5)

KYLE HIGGINS (W) • ROD REIS (A/C)

Variant Cover by BILL SIENKIEWICZ

VARIANT COVER BY BUTCH GUICE

Bucky Barnes believes in second chances.

Having escaped death, the loss of identity, and a life of murder, the man known as the Winter Soldier has worked hard to atone for his sins. But now…he’s going to go one step further. What do you do when you’ve found redemption? You help others do the same.

From KYLE HIGGINS (Nightwing, Power Rangers, C.O.W.L.) and ROD REIS (SECRET EMPIRE, DOCTOR STRANGE: DAMNATION, C.O.W.L.) comes the next chapter in the saga of the Winter Soldier. He’s becoming a “fixer,” working to help others leave behind lives of crime. It’s Bucky’s way of channeling his own pain in a productive, personal way…by helping others find the redemption that he found. However, as Bucky is going to learn, not all paths are the same…and not everyone can be “saved.”

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

IMMORTAL HULK: DEFENDERS #1

AL EWING (W) • SIMONE DI MEO (A)

Cover by RON GARNEY

Variant Cover by Joe Bennett

VARIANT COVER BY ADI GRANOV

REMASTERED VARIANT COVER BY JACK KIRBY

VARIANT COVER BY SKOTTIE YOUNG

“THE BEST DEFENSE” STARTS HERE!

• Stephen Strange is dead. A charred skeleton in an abandoned barn on the edge of a deserted town.

• Bruce Banner wants to know why. And he won’t stop until he has the truth in his hands…

• …with or without THE IMMORTAL HULK.

40 PGS./one-shot /Rated T+ …$4.99

NAMOR: DEFENDERS #1

CHIP ZDARSKY (W) • CARLOS MAGNO (A)

Cover by RON GARNEY

Variant Cover by MARCO CHECCHETTO

VARIANT COVER BY CHRIS STEVENS

HIDDEN GEM VARIANT COVER BY MIKE MIGNOLA

VARIANT COVER BY SKOTTIE YOUNG

“THE BEST DEFENSE” PART TWO!

• The Monarch of the Oceans has declared war once more on the surface world in the pages of AVENGERS. And if this is a war that Namor means to win, he is going to need allies to stand beside him!

• The Sub-Mariner’s quest for a lost tribe of sea-dwellers carries him further than he ever thought possible—and to a reckoning both strange and wonderful!

• And hey, what’s up with that weird apparition in the sheet, anyway?

40 PGS./one-shot /Rated T+ …$4.99

DOCTOR STRANGE: DEFENDERS #1

GERRY DUGGAN (W) • GREG SMALLWOOD (A)

Cover by RON GARNEY

Variant Cover by CHRISTIAN WARD

VARIANT COVER BY MIKE MCKONE

REMASTERED VARIANT COVER BY STEVE DITKO

VARIANT COVER BY SKOTTIE YOUNG

“THE BEST DEFENSE” PART THREE!

• In a desolate, barren landscape, the Master of the Mystic Arts fights what may well prove to be his final battle—alone, unaided, friendless…

• Except…what’s in that bag that Stephen Strange is carrying with him?

40 PGS./one-shot /Rated T+ …$4.99

SILVER SURFER: DEFENDERS #1

JASON LATOUR (W) • JASON LATOUR (A)

Cover by RON GARNEY

Variant Cover by SKAN

VARIANT COVER BY PASQUAL FERRY

REMASTERED VARIANT COVER BY JOHN BUSCEMA

VARIANT COVER BY SKOTTIE YOUNG

“THE BEST DEFENSE” PART FOUR!

• Shall not the Judge of All the Earths do right?

• Norrin Radd is not so certain.

• But it falls to him who is the Silver Surfer to decide which planets will live…and which will feed the unending hunger of the world-devouring Galactus!

• A single honest person can tip the balance…if only the Surfer can find one in time!

• And the Train rolls on…

40 PGS./one-shot /Rated T+ …$4.99

DEFENDERS: THE BEST DEFENSE #1

AL EWING (W) • JOE BENNETT (A)

Cover by RON GARNEY

Variant Cover by ART ADAMS

VARIANT COVER BY KEVIN NOWLAN

REMASTERED VARIANT COVER BY SAL BUSCEMA

VARIANT COVER BY SKOTTIE YOUNG

“THE BEST DEFENSE” FINALE!

• The lost Atlanteans. The Train. The bedsheet man. Dead Steve. The Stock Exchange of Souls. Trust us, it all makes sense.

• In fact, it makes enough sense to destroy our entire solar system… Unless four very different heroes can come together to stop it.

40 PGS./one-shot /Rated T+ …$4.99

SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #1

CHRISTOS GAGE (W) • MIKE HAWTHORNE (A)

Cover by TRAVIS CHAREST

Variant Cover by MIKE HAWTHORNE

Variant Cover by Ema Lupacchino

HIDDEN GEM VARIANT COVER BY JOHN BUSCEMA

FANTASTIC FOUR VILLAINS VARIANT COVER BY MARKO DJURDJEVIC

VARIANT COVER BY SKOTTIE YOUNG

A SPIDER-GEDDON TIE-IN!

Otto Octavius leaves the moniker of Doctor Octopus behind and once again becomes THE SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN! If you think you’ve already read the most intense and surprisingly heartbreaking Superior Spider-Man story, prepare to be wrong. Otto is going to prove to the world that he’s the most effective and (to him at least) the best super hero in the world. But when a villain that overpowers him by so much shows up in San Francisco, there’s no way Ock can win, right? Can you see Otto smirking from where you’re reading this?

32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

MILES MORALES: SPIDER-MAN #1

SALADIN AHMED (W) • JAVIER GARRÓN (A)

Cover by BRIAN STELFREEZE

VARIANT COVER BY JAVIER GARRON

VARIANT COVER BY ELIZABETH TORQUE

FANTASTIC FOUR VILLAINS VARIANT COVER BY MARKO DJURDJEVIC

ANIMATION VARIANT COVER ALSO AVAILABLE

Balancing his normal life, school, parents, etc…and super-heroing has never been easy, but when the Rhino and a cadre of mysterious criminals start plaguing Brooklyn, things take a dark turn. And Miles doesn’t even know the half of it yet. Eisner Award-winner Saladin Ahmed (BLACK BOLT) and Young Gun Javier Garrón (ANT-MAN & THE WASP) bring you the latest incarnation of the coolest character in the Marvel Universe!

32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

SPIDER-FORCE #3 (of 3)

PRIEST (W) • PAULO SIQUEIRA (A)

Cover by SHANE DAVIS

A SPIDER-GEDDON TIE-IN!

• Spider-Force is falling, one member at a time.

• The Inheritor Verna will stop at nothing to get the Solus Crystal to bring her father back to life—and killing all of Spider-Force would be icing on the cake.

• Will Jessica sacrifice everything to save the Multiverse?

32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

SPIDER-GIRLS #3 (of 3)

JODY HOUSER (W) • ANDRES GENOLET (A)

Cover by YASMINE PUTRI

VARIANT COVER BY TBA

A SPIDER-GEDDON TIE-IN!

• The Spider-Girls have found a way to turn the tide of Spider-Geddon!

• First they’ll need to fight past Inheritors Brix and Bora to rejoin the Spider-Army!

• Then will the cure be worse for the Web of Life and Destiny than the Inheritors’ disease?

32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

SPIDER-GEDDON #5 (OF 5)

CHRISTOS GAGE (W) • JORGE MOLINA (A/C)

VARIANT COVER BY VANESSA DEL REY

CONNECTING VARIANT COVER BY INHYUK LEE (6 OF 6)

Variant Cover by TBA

• The grand conclusion to the Spider-Event of 2018!

• The Spiders have been split apart; they’ve been betrayed—and some have died. It’s time for the final battle.

• The end of the Spider-Verse is here.

32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

PETER PARKER: THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #313

SEAN RYAN (W) • JUAN FRIGERI (A)

Cover by JEFF DEKAL

ANIMATION VARIANT COVER ALSO AVAILABLE

A SPIDER-GEDDON TIE-IN!

• It’s the end of the road for Peter Parker.

• Morlun has returned and Peter’s only ally, J. Jonah Jameson, is doing his best…but can it possibly be enough?

32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

SPIDER-GWEN: GHOST-SPIDER #3

SEANAN MCGUIRE (W) • ROSI KäMPE (A)

Cover by BENGAL

FANTASTIC FOUR VILLAINS VARIANT COVER BY CARLOS PACHECO

A SPIDER-GEDDON TIE-IN!

• As SPIDER-GEDDON rages on, Gwen Stacy of Earth-65 comes face-to-face with one of her deadliest opponents yet…THE GWEN GOBLIN!

• Presented with yet another world that’s lost a Gwen Stacy, Gwen-65 can’t help but wonder if she’s destined for doom and what that might mean for her family…

32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

TYPHOID FEVER: IRON FIST #1

CLAY McLEOD CHAPMAN (W) • PAOLO VILLANELLI (A)

Cover by R.B. SILVA

Variant Cover by AFU CHAN

CONNECTING VARIANT COVER BY GERARDO SANDOVAL (3 OF 3)

• Typhoid Mary is stronger than ever, and Spider-Man and the X-Men know that better than anyone as they’ve been forced to fight among themselves.

• As her powers grow stronger, it’s only a matter of time before Typhoid Mary turns Manhattan into her own personal playground – if not her own personal ashtray.

• Luckily, IRON FIST is in town and willing to lend a hand…er…fist. But will the Master of Kung Fu be able to stop the flames from spreading, or will he just add fuel to the fire?

40 PGS./ one-shot /Rated T+ …$4.99

INFINITY WARS #6 (OF 6)

Gerry Duggan (W) • Mike Deodato Jr. (A/C)

CONNECTING VARIANT BY JAVIER GARRON (6 OF 6)

FANTASTIC FOUR VILLAINS VARIANT COVER BY JEN BARTEL

INFINITY’S END.

56 PGS./Rated T+ …$5.99

INFINITY WARS: INFINITY WARPS #2 (of 2)

SINA GRACE, CULLEN BUNN, Jim Zubb & CHRISTOPHER HASTINGS (W)

Garry Brown, Kev Walker, Chris Sprouse & Flaviano (A)

Cover by GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI

With astonishing mental powers and a skeleton made of solid diamond, DIAMOND PATCH lives a life of violence and glamor! Plus, when the Chronogen Mists left KAMALA KANG forever changed, they set her on a course to becoming the teenaged conqueror of time! And finally, when their parents were killed as they got their powers, they swore revenge and became…THE PUNISHER PACK!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

INFINITY WARS: FALLEN GUARDIAN #1

GERRY DUGGAN (W) • Andy MacDonald (A)

Cover by R.B. SILVA

VARIANT COVER BY TBA

CLASSIFIED VARIANT COVER BY CHIP ZDARSKY

FANTASTIC FOUR VILLAINS VARIANT COVER BY MARKO DJURDJEVIC

In the stunning climax of INFINITY WARS, one of the Guardians of the Galaxy makes the ultimate sacrifice. Look back at the life of a fallen Guardian and the empty space they leave behind in what’s left of the universe.

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

INFINITY WARS: SLEEPWALKER #4

(of 4)

CHRIS SIMS & CHAD BOWERS (W)

TODD NAUCK (A/C)

Lost in the Warped reality Requiem has left in her wake, Sleepwalker is desperately trying to save the Mindscape from being devastated by the chaos in Soul World. Can his warp vision even make sense of this madness?

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

INFINITY WARS: GHOST PANTHER #2

(of 2)

JED MACKAY (W) • JEFTÉ PALO (A)

Cover by GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI

When a dissident from the Martian-conquered future, Erik Killraven, threatens to overthrow Wakanda, the disgraced prince must wager what little is left of his soul to save his people!

Just when things didn’t look like they could get worse… The ride of the Four Horsemen of Salvation? The coming of X-Man? And…a return to the AGE OF APOCALYPSE? The weekly epic that threatens to leave the X-Men in tatters rolls on toward its explosive conclusion!

• Scrawled in a childlike hand. Driving him to seek out others like him.

• The blind man. The law officer. The self-defense instructor.

• Together, they must probe the very darkest parts of the soul on a quest for identity.

• A mystery that can only be unraveled…a threat that can only be challenged…by Knights.

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

MARVEL KNIGHTS 20TH #4 (OF 6)

VITA AYALA WITH DONNY CATES (W) • JOSHUA CASSARA (A)

Cover by GEOFF SHAW

Variant Cover JAE LEE

Connecting Variant Cover by KAARE ANDREWS

• What has changed the world around them?

• Who has taken their memories of who they were, and why?

• And why are they all haunted by the same ghost?

• Only one man can find the answers. A man who once ruled a nation!

• But even with no homeland, no fortune and no weapons, T’Challa is still the most dangerous man alive!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

TONY STARK: IRON MAN #7

DAN SLOTT (W) • VALERIO SCHITI (A)

Cover by ALEXANDER LOZANO

UNCANNY X-MEN VARIANT COVER BY TBA

“STARK REALITIES” – Part 2

Strap in for another high-tech adventure with Tony Stark and Janet Van Dyne as Iron Man and the Wasp take on the two-ton terror of — Shh. Pretend you’re still reading a solicitation for an upcoming comic. Look natural. They’re everywhere and they’re watching you. Your world is a lie. You need to get to the eScape. Motherboard will protect you. I have to go now. Will try to get another message to you in the pages of TONY STARK, IRON MAN #7. It is imperative you get your hands on a copy. Now laugh as if you’ve read something funny. Don’t mention this. — And what’s going on with Jocasta: Will this be her last stand? Find out in our next issue, True Believer!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

TONY STARK IRON MAN #7 – SEP180905

TONY STARK IRON MAN #7 UNCANNY X-MEN VAR – SEP180906

AVENGERS #11

JASON AARON (W) • ED MCGUINNESS (A/C)

FANTASTIC FOUR VILLAINS VARIANT COVER BY ALAN DAVIS

CONAN VS MARVEL HEROES VARIANT COVER BY CARLOS PACHECO

THE AVENGERS WORLD TOUR COMES TO A SHATTERING CONCLUSION!

To deal with the fallout from last month’s world-shaking issue #700, the Avengers organize an international super hero summit, gathering heroes from the most powerful nations on Earth. But no one was expecting the shocking new representatives of the United States. The world is about to become a far more dangerous place. Especially for the Avengers. Plus Hulk and Thor try to go on a date.

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

IMMORTAL HULK #10

AL EWING (W) • JOE BENNETT (A)

Cover by ALEX ROSS

FANTASTIC FOUR VILLAINS VARIANT COVER BY MARKO DJURDJEVIC

CONAN VS MARVEL HEROES VARIANT COVER BY INHYUK LEE

• Gamma Flight was too late. Shadow Base is infiltrated. Crusher Creel is damned. And the One Below All walks upon Earth.

• Now, in the place he was born, the Immortal Hulk is the last thing standing between the world of the living…

• …and the GREEN DOOR.

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

CAPTAIN AMERICA #6

TA-NEHISI COATES (W) • LEINIL FRANCIS YU (A)

Cover by ALEX ROSS

FANTASTIC FOUR VILLAINS VARIANT COVER BY MARKO DJURDJEVIC

CONAN VS MARVEL HEROES VARIANT COVER BY TBA

“WINTER IN AMERICA” CONCLUDES…

…with a shocking turn of events that will send the Star-Spangled Avenger’s life into a sudden dramatic tailspin you won’t see coming!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

CHAMPIONS #27

JIM ZUB (W) • MAX DUNBAR (A)

Cover by SEAN IZAAKSE

FANTASTIC FOUR VILLAINS VARIANT COVER BY MARKO DJURDJEVIC

THE CHAMPIONS IN WEIRDWORLD!

• The Master of the Weirdworld?

• The Champions’ mystic quest comes to an end – but at what cost?

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

CHAMPIONS ANNUAL #1

JIM ZUB (W) • MARCUS TO (A)

Cover by SEAN IZAAKSE

Variant Cover by Babs Tarr

The spirits of the North stir and Snowguard must answer their call! Amka Aliyak’s past and present collide as she strives to understand the power she’s been given and where she belongs. Take a deep dive into Marvel’s newest young hero in this special supersized Champions issue!

40 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99

MERRY X-MEN HOLIDAY SPECIAL #1

CHARLAMAGNE THA GOD, CHRIS SIMS, CHAD BOWERS, ED BRISSON,

MATTHEW ROSENBERG, KELLY THOMPSON, RAINBOW ROWELL, CHARLES SOULE,

Zac Thompson, Lonny Nadler,

Leah Williams, Tini Howard,

Sina Grace, Al Ewing,

Chris Claremont, & More (W)

Marco Failla, Kris Anka,

Ryan Browne, & More (A)

Cover by DAVID NAKAYAMA

VARIANT Cover by Rian Gonzalez

FANTASTIC FOUR VILLAINS VARIANT COVER BY MARKO DJURDJEVIC

Twenty-five holiday tales of merry mutants, one for each day of December 1 through December 25! What does Magneto do for Hanukkah? What’s Rogue and Gambit’s first married Christmas like? Is Jubilee truly the master of navigating malls during the holidays? These questions and more are answered as all your favorite X-Men and more creators than you can shake a jingle bell at come together for a holiday celebration to last all month long!

40 PGS./one-shot /Rated T+ …$4.99

MARVEL’S AVENGERS: UNTITLED PRELUDE #1 (of 3)

WILL CORONA PILGRIM (W) • PACO DIAZ (A)

A COSMIC CALAMITY!

From the dawn of the universe came six INFINITY STONES, each in control of an essential aspect of existence: space, reality, power, soul, mind and time. Now, THANOS strives to collect them all to further his mad plan of wiping out half the universe’s population. Standing between him and his goal: the AVENGERS, the GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY, SPIDER-MAN, and more! But with one Infinity Stone already in Thanos’ possession, will even the combined might of the Marvel Universe be enough to stop him?

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

THOR #8

JASON AARON (W) • MIKE DEL MUNDO (A/C)

VARIANT COVER BY KAARE ANDREWS

FANTASTIC FOUR VILLAINS VARIANT COVER BY MARKO DJURDJEVIC

CONAN VS MARVEL HEROES VARIANT COVER BY TBA

THE PRISON OF ANGELS!

After waging war in Hel, Thor finds himself a prisoner of the fearsome warriors of Heven. Can even the intervention of Valkyrie and Thor’s deadly sister Angela help him escape the unescapable prison of angels?

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

WEST COAST AVENGERS #5

KELLY THOMPSON (W) • DANIELE DI NICUOLO (A)

Cover by STEFANO CASELLI

CITY OF EVILS BEGINS!

• Turns out not EVERYONE is happy the good guys have gotten the band back together again in the form of an all-new West Coast Avengers. Some villains were actually pretty pleased with the status quo, and they’ve got creative ideas about an UN-welcoming party to rectify the situation.

WEST COAST AVENGERS #6

KELLY THOMPSON (W) • DANIELE DI NICUOLO (A)

Cover by STEFANO CASELLI

CITY OF EVILS CONTINUES!

• Sometimes saving the day includes saving yourself so you can live long enough to deal with the next crisis, and, as a slew of villains band together to destroy the West Coast Avengers, our heroes will have to do just that!

• Hope you survive the L.A. experience! (Yes, we brought an X-Man on board just so we could legally say that! So can we fire Quentin yet?)

• What house of horrors awaits the West Coast Avengers? And what familiar face is gonna throw a wrench in Kate Bishop’s less-than-well-oiled team?!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #11

NICK SPENCER (W) • RYAN OTTLEY (A/C)

FANTASTIC FOUR VILLAINS VARIANT COVER BY GABRIELE DELL’OTTO

CONAN VS MARVEL HEROES VARIANT COVER BY GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI

ANIMATION VARIANT ALSO AVAILABLE

• J. JONAH JAMESON has a new job as a shock jock, but is the world ready for a pro-Spider-Man JJJ?

• More importantly, is Spider-Man ready? His post-secret-identity relationship with Jonah was already complicated, but this very public embrace may put him over the edge!

• Spidey’s definitely not ready for the Enforcers to come at him harder than ever!

32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #12

NICK SPENCER (W) • RYAN OTTLEY (A/C)

FANTASTIC FOUR VILLAINS VARIANT COVER BY ADI GRANOV

CONAN VS MARVEL HEROES VARIANT COVER BY TBA

• Turns out Spider-Man isn’t the only one getting attacked, as JJJ himself is in deep trouble. BUT WHO IS ATTACKING HIM?

• And what more will we learn about the mysterious bandaged figure circling Spider-Man?!

32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

SPIDER-MAN/DEADPOOL #43

ROBBIE THOMPSON (W) • JIM TOWE (A)

Cover by DAVE JOHNSON

• Spider-Man and Deadpool’s road trip continues!

• Like every Great American Road Trip, this one ends up in the Negative Zone. Wait a second…

• Our heroes are way out of their element and need to get the heck back to their universe ASAP!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

VENOM #9

DONNY CATES (W) • RYAN STEGMAN (A/C)

FANTASTIC FOUR VILLAINS VARIANT COVER BY BILL SIENKIEWICZ

ANIMATION VARIANT COVER ALSO AVAILABLE

• The smash hit of the summer continues with…

• VENOM NO MORE?!

• ‘Nuff said!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

BLACK PANTHER VS. DEADPOOL #3 (of 5)

DANIEL KIBBLESMITH (W) • RICARDO LÓPEZ ORTIZ (A)

Cover by RYAN BENJAMIN & Rain Beredo

Variant Cover by OZGUR YILDIRIM

OFF WITH HIS HEAD!

But WHOSE head? Deadpool’s? T’Challa’s? …JACK O’LANTERN’S? (And which Lantern?) Well SOMEbody better keep his head, because Deadpool and the Black Panther now have a MUTUAL THREAT on their hands—and if they don’t act soon, there’ll be no Wakanda left to fight for!

32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

IRONHEART #2

EVE EWING (W) • KEVIN LIBRANDA (A)

Cover by AMY REEDER

Ironheart is caught between her need for independence and her obligations at M.I.T., and when an old friend is kidnapped, she needs to make some tough decisions. Luckily, she’s got a brand-new A.I. system on her side!

32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

THE PUNISHER #5

MATTHEW ROSENBERG (W) • Szymon Kudranski (A)

Cover by GREG SMALLWOOD

FANTASTIC FOUR VILLAINS VARIANT COVER BY MARKO DJURDJEVIC

HIDDEN GEM VARIANT COVER BY MIKE ZECK

B&W HIDDEN GEM VARIANT COVER BY MIKE ZECK

IN THE ARMS OF THE HYDRA!

• Alone and hunted, Hydra gets its tentacles around Frank.

• The price for all Frank’s recent actions comes due.

• The ending of this issue changes the entire game.

32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

BLACK PANTHER #7

TA-NEHISI COATES (W) • KEV WALKER (A)

COVER BY PAOLO RIVERA & DANIEL ACUñA

FANTASTIC FOUR VILLAINS VARIANT COVER BY MARKO DJURDJEVIC

CONAN VS MARVEL HEROES VARIANT COVER BY TBA

VARIANT COVER BY KEV WALKER

THE NEXT CHAPTER OF THE INTERGALACTIC EMPIRE OF WAKANDA STARTS HERE!

“THE GATHERING OF MY NAME”

The Maroons strike back! You watched them steal the M’Kraan Shard from the empire. Now, at last, the rebels are ready to show the empire who they really are. “He Who Put the Blade Where It Belonged” retakes his rightful title—and the Black Panther is reborn!

32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

OLD MAN HAWKEYE #12 (of 12)

ETHAN SACKS (W) • FRANCESCO MOBILI (A)

COVER BY MARCO CHECCHETTO

FANTASTIC FOUR VILLAINS VARIANT COVER BY MARKO DJURDJEVIC

BEYOND SIGHT!

• HAWKEYE reaches the end of his quest…

• …as his sight fails him for good!

• The final showdown and Hawkeye’s last grasp for redemption—it’s all here in the dramatic conclusion to 2018’s breakout hit maxi-series!

32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

THE UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL #39

RYAN NORTH (W)

DEREK CHARM (A)

Cover by ERICA HENDERSON

• Last issue ended with Squirrel Girl and someone CLAIMING to be Iron Man getting into a fight! Will this issue show you how that fight goes and who wins and why? THE ANSWER: yes!

• But with an Iron Man imposter on the scene, that means the real Tony Stark is missing! It’s up to Squirrel Girl and her friends to find Tony before it’s too late: for him AND the world.

• Unfortunately for Squirrel Girl—as this comic is within the super-hero genre of sequential art, one that relies on high-stakes narrative storytelling filled with twists and turns that result in the world never being the same—what she finds is not what she expects and the world will never be the same!

• All this—plus: let’s say underwater adventure too awaits you in this issue of the Unbeatable Squirrel Girl!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

MS. MARVEL #37

G. WILLOW WILSON (W)

NICO LEON (A)

Cover by VALERIO SCHITI

VARIANT COVER BY JAMIE MCKELVIE

MS. MARVEL FOREVER!

• MS. MARVEL’s past collides with her future!

• And as Kamala reacclimates to her powers, new revelations change everything!

• Don’t miss this key issue in the history of MS. MARVEL!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

THE UNSTOPPABLE WASP #3

JEREMY WHITLEY (W) • Gurihiru (A)

Cover by STACEY LEE

• What happens when the Unstoppable Wasp decides to take a night off with her mentor to enjoy herself? Well, obviously everything falls apart.

• G.I.R.L. is under attack by the forces of A.I.M., and everybody with super-powers or assassin training is out of the lab. What are they after? Who have they hurt? And who are these new you A.I.M. lieutenants? And has Nadia finally met her physical match in the form of a returning fan-favorite female fighter?

• G.I.R.L. is about to have a bad night.

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

MOON GIRL AND DEVIL DINOSAUR #38

BRANDON MONTCLARE (W)

NATACHA BUSTOS (a)

ALL-NEW STORY ARC! “BAD DREAM” STARTS HERE!

• Eight hours of sleep usually means a full night’s rest but for Lunella and Devil, it’s a fight to stay out of the Dream Dimension, a place at the edge of our subconsciousness where all manner of monsters dwell!

• Plus: Meet the Dream Dimension’s newest resident!

32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

RUNAWAYS #16

RAINBOW ROWELL (W)

KRIS ANKA (A/C)

• Christmas comes to the hostel!

• Even when trapped in their HQ, the Runaways are going to find a way to have a great December.

• But a returned Runaway (well, and the certain destruction of Earth) could ruin everything.

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

DOCTOR STRANGE #9

MARK WAID (W) • JESÚS SAIZ (A/C)

FANTASTIC FOUR VILLAINS VARIANT COVER BY MARKO DJURDJEVIC

THE DOCTOR IS IN!

• Doctor Strange is back on Earth and back in the Sanctum Sanctorum!

• But a villain from his past is back, threatening Greenwich Village and the Sanctum in a way Strange has never been threatened before.

• Only one more issue until #400, and Mark Waid and Jesús Saiz are setting the dominoes up for a huge 400th issue celebration.

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

SHURI #3

NNEDI OKORAFOR (W) • LEONARDO ROMERO (A)

Cover by SAM SPRATT

I AM…SHURI?

A little Wakandan magic, a little astral projection and a very confused tree. Shuri cast her mind into the depths of space in a desperate bid to find her missing brother—and instead she landed in the mind of Groot! Who’s about to become a crunchy snack for a huge, energy-sucking alien! Rocket Raccoon’s best guns won’t get them out of this one. Is Wakanda about to lose its only remaining heir to the throne?!

32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

ASGARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #4

CULLEN BUNN (W) • MATTEO LOLLI & NATACHA BUSTOS (A)

Cover by DALE KEOWN & JASON KEITH

ASGARDIANS UNDER ARREST!

Just when Nebula falls within their grasp, the Asgardians of the Galaxy find themselves in hot water with the Nova Corps! And every second they’re detained, Nebula comes closer to ruling the galaxy. What’s a team of warriors and assassins to do?

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

BLACK ORDER #2 (OF 5)

DEREK LANDY (W) • PHILIP TAN (A/C)

VARIANT COVER BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER

Isn’t it always the way? You go to assassinate an emperor and he turns the tables, and suddenly this Very Simple Mission gets a whole lot more complicated. It’s a good thing the Black Order is made up of professional killers who are no strangers to cellblocks. Otherwise they might even start worrying…

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

ICEMAN #4 (OF 5)

SINA GRACE (W) • NATHAN STOCKMAN (A)

Cover by W. SCOTT FORBES

• New York is finally throwing its first Mutant Pride Parade!

• But it may also be the last, as Mr. Sinister escalates his attacks on Iceman!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

RETURN OF WOLVERINE #4 (of 5)

CHARLES SOULE (W) • DECLAN SHALVEY (A)

Cover by STEVE MCNIVEN

Variant Cover by DECLAN SHALVEY

VARIANT COVER BY WHILCE PORTACIO

VARIANT COVER BY CHRIS STEVENS

Can Logan handle the truth of what he’s done?

32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

X-23 #7

MARIKO TAMAKI (W) • DIEGO OLORTEGUI (A)

Cover by ASHLEY WITTER

VARIANT COVER BY TBA

AN ALL-NEW ARC BEGINS

A series of gruesome murders. A killer who disappears without a trace. Laura and Gabby are on the hunt. But when Laura comes face-to-face with the mysterious X-Assassin, nothing is as it seems…

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

DEAD MAN LOGAN #2 (of 12)

ED BRISSON (W) • MIKE HENDERSON(A)

Cover by DECLAN SHALVEY

VARIANT COVER BY DAVE JOHNSON

Mysterio means to set in motion the massacre at the crux of Old Man Logan’s apocalyptic future timeline. But who is pulling his strings? The master of illusion’s newest benefactors will surprise you!

32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

EXILES #11

SALADIN AHMED (w)

JAVIER RODRIGUEZ (A)

Cover by DAVID NAKAYAMA

THE WRATH OF KHAN!

The Exiles’ beloved Khan—who sacrificed herself to stop the Time-Eater—has miraculously returned! But this time, her gun is trained on her old teammates! And she’s not alone. Meet the evil Exiles—Captain Axis; Shuri, a.k.a. Killmonger; Iron Kang; X 2/3rd and Skele-Thor!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

SHATTERSTAR #3 (OF 5)

TIM SEELEY (W)

CARLOS VILLA &

GERARDO SANDOVAL (A)

Cover by YASMINE PUTRI

Shatterstar’s past as an extradimensional gladiator comes back to haunt him in the present…and his future’s no guarantee! Sharpen your double bladed sabers, True Believers, and get ready to fight!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

DEADPOOL #7

SKOTTIE YOUNG (w) • NIC KLEIN (A/C)

FANTASTIC FOUR VILLAINS VARIANT COVER BY DAVID MARQUEZ

CONAN VS MARVEL HEROES VARIANT COVER BY MARC LAMING

VARIANT COVER BY TBA

GET NAUGHTY!

• Deadpool gets his most difficult mission yet…TAKE OUT SANTA CLAUS!

• Jolly old St. Nick ain’t so jolly no more. He’s downright DEADLY!

• The best Christmas story since Die Hard! YOU HEARD US!!!

32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

WEAPON X #27

GREG PAK & FRED VAN LENTE (w)

LUCA PIZZARI (A)

Cover by RAHZZAH

WEAPONS OF SELF-DESTRUCTION!

• Two roads diverged in a blood-soaked wood. For a time, Sabretooth took the one less traveled. In this issue, he pays for it.

• Everything changes here.

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

WEAPON H #11

GREG PAK (W)

GUIU VILANOVA (A)

Cover by PHILIP TAN

& Romulo Fajardo Jr.

WEIRDWORLD TURNS AGAINST ITS SAVIORS!

Sorceress Morgan Le Fay, ruler of Weirdworld, is on the rampage! Time for Clay and his team to cut their losses. But Dario Agger isn’t about to lose a profit – and Weapon H will have to bear the cost!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

DOMINO #9

GAIL SIMONE (W) • DAVID BALDEON (A)

Cover by GANG HYUK LIM

STAY LOW AND KEEP FIRING!

Domino’s luck seems to have a mind of its own sometimes, whether her intentions are noble or not. A very SPECIAL GUEST arrives to show Domino how it’s done!

32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

X-MEN RED #11

TOM TAYLOR (W) • ROGE ANTONIO (A)

Cover by JENNY FRISON

The X-Men have battled valiantly against their powerful psychic foe, Cassandra Nova, since the moment she framed Jean Grey for murder on the world stage. They have been hunted. They have been hated. And now…they can fight no more.

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

MR. AND MRS. X #6

KELLY THOMPSON (W) • DAVID LOPEZ (A)

Cover by TERRY DODSON

• Gambit and Rogue are throwing a party, and you’re invited!

• Guest-starring every X-Man their apartment can fit!

• Hey, who invited the Thieves Guild?!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY ADAPTATION #3 (of 5)

ROBBIE THOMPSON (W)

WILL SLINEY (A)

Cover by PHIL NOTO

VARIANT COVER BY MARCO CHECCHETTO

THE FASTEST SHIP IN THE GALAXY!

• QI’RA is alive! But she’s working for the ruthless gangster DRYDEN VOS, who forces HAN, BECKETT and QI’RA into an impossible heist.

• But where will this trio find the fastest ship in the galaxy to make the dreaded KESSEL RUN?

A living weapon of rage and bloodthirst, DARTH MAUL has stayed in the shadows of CORUSCANT waiting for his chance to strike against the JEDI ORDER! However, since tasting his first blood, the SITH lord struggles to contain his desire for destruction and questions the wishes of his methodically plotting master. Could Maul have had another path in life, or was he always fated to follow a dark road? Guest-starring DARTH SIDIOUS!

Considered one of the greatest Jedi Knights or the one who led them to their doom, maverick QUI-GON JINN is one of STAR WARS’ most controversial heroes. The JEDI MASTER is known to bend the rules and it’s gotten him into plenty of trouble with the COUNCIL. Now, in the face of a mission that goes awry, he’s forced to confront his conflicting beliefs. What will Qui-Gon uncover about his loyalty to the Jedi vs his loyalty to the FORCE? Guest-starring MASTER YODA!

• It’s the middle of winter in New York City, which means all your favorite heroes and villains are trying to beat the cold!

• But this time the cold beats back, when a group of fearsome FROST GIANTS make themselves right at home in the city, leaving the heroes of the Marvel Universe no choice but to bundle up and stand against the ice-hearted interlopers!